TY - JOUR

T1 - Autoethnographic onomastics

T2 - Transdisciplinary scholarship of personal names and ‘our-stories’

AU - Wheeler, Sara Louise

PY - 2018/4/27

Y1 - 2018/4/27

N2 - Names are entwined with the languages and cultures from which they emanate, providing useful starting points for ethnographicexploration. The study of names can broadly be referred to as onomastics. However, the field is fractured by disciplinary andmethodological divisions. Consequently, the study of names has not developed to the extent which might be expected fora phenomenon of such social significance. Furthermore, the emotional aspects of names and naming are largely absent fromthe literature. Autoethnography may be a useful methodology for bridging disciplinary and methodological divisions, bringinginteresting and insightful data to the study of names and naming.

AB - Names are entwined with the languages and cultures from which they emanate, providing useful starting points for ethnographicexploration. The study of names can broadly be referred to as onomastics. However, the field is fractured by disciplinary andmethodological divisions. Consequently, the study of names has not developed to the extent which might be expected fora phenomenon of such social significance. Furthermore, the emotional aspects of names and naming are largely absent fromthe literature. Autoethnography may be a useful methodology for bridging disciplinary and methodological divisions, bringinginteresting and insightful data to the study of names and naming.

U2 - 10.1177/2059799118769818

DO - 10.1177/2059799118769818

M3 - Article

VL - 11

SP - 1

EP - 11

JO - Methodological Innovations

JF - Methodological Innovations

SN - 2059-7991

IS - 1

ER -